Artists · Billboard Hot 100
David Foster
Charting Aug 24, 1985 → Mar 12, 1988 · 33 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 33 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.22%
- week of Nov 30, 1985
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- August 1985 – August 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- March 1983 – March 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 33
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.20%
- week of Nov 16, 1985
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
3 records · 22 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental)Apple Music | #15 | 22 | 21.2 | ||
| The Best Of Mewith Olivia Newton-JohnApple Music | #80 | 8 | 0.7 | ||
| Winter GamesApple Music | #85 | 3 | 0.5 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →David Foster's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1985 to August 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston119
- 2Heart104
- 3John Mellencamp103
- 4Mr. Mister98
- 5Starship86
- 6Dire Straits83
- 7Billy Ocean81
- 8Phil Collins77
- 9Prince And The Revolution74
- 10Madonna72
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.